Event manager to tourist animator
An event manager already meets 30% of what the tourist animator role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
68.9/ 100
1 How much of what a tourist animator is expected to do is already part of an event manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the tourist animator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tourist animator role treats 4 of its required skills as things an event manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tourist animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an event manager background worth leading with.
- already held evaluate events information skills
- already held support community-based tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality working with computers
- already held ecotourism natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held educate on sustainable tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences working with computers
All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the tourist animator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services required
- still to learn identify customer's needs required
- still to learn assist clients with special needs required
- still to learn build business relationships required
- still to learn develop entertainment programmes required
- still to learn ensure cross-department cooperation required
- optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain customer service optional
- still to learn entertain guests interactively required
- still to learn provide tourism related information required
- still to learn comply with food safety and hygiene required
- still to learn inform customers of activity changes required
- still to learn manage health and safety standards required
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- still to learn recreation activities required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
- still to learn keep up to date on local events required
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tourist animator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 entertain guests interactively practise this
- 02 demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services practise this
- 03 identify customer's needs practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- already held manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- already held support community-based tourism skill
- already held support local tourism skill
- already held augmented reality knowledge
- already held ecotourism knowledge
- already held educate on sustainable tourism skill
- already held evaluate events skill
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- already held use e-tourism platforms skill
- already held virtual reality knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
- optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain customer service optional
28 held skills the tourist animator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange event needs skill
- not needed by the target role confer with event staff skill
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role determine event objectives skill
- not needed by the target role develop event topics skill
- not needed by the target role direct event administrative details skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect event facilities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role maintain event records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role monitor event activities skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate contracts with event providers skill
- not needed by the target role obtain event permits skill
- not needed by the target role organise event participants' registration skill
- not needed by the target role plan events skill
- not needed by the target role plan presence at professional events skill
- not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
- not needed by the target role review event bills skill
- not needed by the target role select event providers skill
- not needed by the target role solicit event publicity skill
- not needed by the target role supervise event staff skill
- not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
- not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
- not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn recreation activities required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
Other moves recorded from event manager
- event assistant 44% covered · substantial
- promoter 39% covered · substantial
- wedding planner 25% covered · substantial
- specialised outdoor animator 24% covered · substantial
- tour operator representative 23% covered · career change
- hospitality entertainment manager 23% covered · career change
- outdoor animator 23% covered · career change
- outdoor activities coordinator 22% covered · career change
Common questions about this move
Can an event manager become a tourist animator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An event manager already covers 30% of what a tourist animator is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 4 of which the tourist animator role treats as required.
What skills does an event manager need to become a tourist animator?
13 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is entertain guests interactively.
How hard is the move from event manager to tourist animator?
Its learning distance is 68.9 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.